Before Congress left town for the August recess, the WASH policy coalition, led by Millennium Water Alliance, WaterAid in America, InterAction, and WASH Advocates, worked with chief sponsors Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) to secure even more cosponsors and get support for a mark-up of HR 2901, The Sen. Paul Simon Water for the World Act, in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
If the bill is approved by the committee soon after Congress returns on September 8, it could quickly go before the full House of Representatives for a vote, and then be sent to the US Senate. If the Senate can act quickly enough (yes, that has been known to happen on non-controversial pieces of legislation), our long effort to make key improvements in the way USAID administers the Water for the Poor Act will meet success – in this Congress!
Just as a reminder, this bill does not provide the annual funding for WASH programs under the Water for the Poor Act – that is separate legislation, and so far in that appropriations process, the key House committee has recommended level funding for FY 2015 at $365 million, while Senate appropriators have recommended $400 million.
For more information on HR 2901, see “What the Water for the World Act Will Do” under Latest Advocacy Updates.
Below see our new state-by-state list of current House cosponsors of HR 2901. If a member from your state is on the list, let them know you appreciate it! Call them at 202-225-3121 (the US Capitol switchboard), or email them through their own Member websites, which you can find at http://www.house.gov/representatives/
HOUSE COSPONSORS OF HR 2901, THE SEN. PAUL SIMON WATER FOR THE WORLD ACT, 113TH CONGRESS – Total: 97 as of August 7, 2014
ALABAMA – none yet
ALASKA – none yet
ARIZONA
Grijalva, Raul M. [D-AZ-3]
Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
ARKANSAS
Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
AMERICAN SAMOA – none yet
CALIFORNIA
Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Farr, Sam [D-CA-20]
Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33]
COLORADO
Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
CONNECTICUT
Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
DELAWARE – none yet
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC]
FLORIDA
Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2]
GEORGIA
Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
GUAM
Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU]
HAWAII – none yet
IDAHO – none yet
ILLINOIS
Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12]
Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
INDIANA
Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
IOWA – none yet
KANSAS
Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
KENTUCKY – none yet
LOUISIANA – none yet
MAINE – none yet
MARYLAND
Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
MASSACHUSETTS
Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Kennedy, Joseph P. III [D-MA-4]
McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MICHIGAN
Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
MINNESOTA
Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MISSISSIPPI – none yet
MISSOURI – none yet
MONTANA – none yet
NEBRASKA
Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
NEVADA
Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
NEW JERSEY
Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NEW MEXICO – none yet
NEW YORK
Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19]
Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22]
Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
NORTH CAROLINA
Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
NORTH DAKOTA – none yet
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS – none yet
OHIO
Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
OKLAHOMA
Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
OREGON
Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] PRIME SPONSOR
Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
PENNSYLVANIA
Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Dent, Charles [R-PA-15]
Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
PUERTO RICO – none yet
RHODE ISLAND
Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
SOUTH CAROLINA
Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SOUTH DAKOTA – none yet
TENNESSEE
Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TEXAS
Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] LEAD (R) COSPONSOR
Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
UTAH – none yet
VERMONT – none yet
VIRGINIA
Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
VIRGIN ISLANDS – none yet
WASHINGTON
Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WEST VIRGINIA – none yet
WISCONSIN
Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
WYOMING – none yet
Prepared by Millennium Water Alliance, August 7, 2014